Daughter of the Nile 1987
尼罗河女儿
Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
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Vocabulary
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| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 好些 好些 | a good deal of; quite a lot | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 别针 別針 | pin; safety pin; clip; brooch | |
| 警察局 警察局 | police station; police department; police headquarters | |
| 打针 打針 | to give or have an injection | |
| 难免 難免 | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably | |
| 中奖 中獎 | to win a prize (in a lottery etc) | |
| 袜子 襪子 | socks; stockings | |
| 延续 延續 | to continue; to go on; to last | |
| 拉开 拉開 | to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 会计 會計 | accountant; accountancy; accounting | |
| 眼镜 眼鏡 | spectacles; eyeglasses | |
| 笨 笨 | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 身材 身材 | stature; build (height and weight); figure | |
| 地面 地面 | floor; ground; surface | |
| 聚会 聚會 | party; gathering; to meet; to get together | |
| 平静 平靜 | tranquil; undisturbed; serene | |
| 酒吧 酒吧 | bar; pub; saloon | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 刺 刺 | (onom.) whoosh | |
| 居民 居民 | resident; inhabitant | |
| 神秘 神秘 | mysterious; mystery | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 避免 避免 | to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from | |
| 号码 號碼 | number | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 发挥 發揮 | to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 稳定 穩定 | steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 投资 投資 | investment; to invest | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 参与 參與 | to participate (in sth) |